Raised Graveslab (Downing) Approximately 30 Metres West of North Side of Tower of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1987. Grave slab.
Raised Graveslab (Downing) Approximately 30 Metres West of North Side of Tower of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- swift-attic-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1987
- Type
- Grave slab
- OS grid reference
- SE 290 058
- Coordinates
- 53.54852, -1.5633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a raised grave slab dating from around 1753, located approximately 30 metres west of the north side of the tower of the Church of All Saints in Silkstone. The slab is made of sandstone and features a moulded edge with arched decoration at the head. It commemorates William Downing of Stainborough Inn, who died on 22nd July 1753 at the age of 38. The inscription includes a verse that reads:
"Time was I stood as thou dost now And viewd ye dead as thou dost now E'r long thoul't lie as low as I And others stand and look on thee."
Local climate
Raised Graveslab (Downing) Approximately 30 Metres West of North Side of Tower of Church of All Saints receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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